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Incoming freight is always a wild card.
Our last large shipment, US Customs detained our shipment for over a month, charged us [around] $5-6K for them to inspect, store, and repack our goods, not a single violation.
Never a single violation in many years.
These additional costs, if any, must be divided into the incoming product, impossible to predict until after the shipment actually arrives.
The Micro Uzi were in very nice used condition, closed bolt, with folding stock.
Thanks, bob bowman

Could you give us some hints on the Ak kits also what condition is the m-53 kits? Thank you bob for your hard work! Would love to see some other country rpd's as I collect them I got a Egyptian from you and have a polish

I simply lost count.
We torch cut over 1K guns, outside, in the freezing rain, over 3 full days, in the Alps.
Not as much fun as one might think, for many, many reasons.
We kitted Polish, Romanian, and Serb guns+?
Some under-folders, some wood stock, some RPKs, some ?
I am still as sick as I can ever remember, even now that I am back in the states.
This working for a living is not all its cracked up to be either.
Thanks, bob bowman

I simply lost count.
We torch cut over 1K guns, outside, in the freezing rain, over 3 full days, in the Alps.
Not as much fun as one might think, for many, many reasons.
We kitted Polish, Romanian, and Serb guns+?
Some under-folders, some wood stock, some RPKs, some ?
I am still as sick as I can ever remember, even now that I am back in the states.
This working for a living is not all its cracked up to be either.
Thanks, bob bowman

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I personally cut the micro Uzi, closed bolt, good used condition.
They are in Vienna waiting on an available cargo airplane.
All documents are approved.
Two weeks for air transport, 2 weeks from customs to us.
Thanks, bob bowman

The DP-28 is a much easier semi-auto build than the DPM that we offer.
The [old style] DP-28 has the return spring mounted under the barrel, not behind the bolt like the DPM.
The DP has "room" for the semi fire control group add-on parts.
Most all DPs are Russian made, and NOT importable.
We found a very small lot of Romanian made DPs, which ARE importable.

The MP-40s were cut [by me] into parts kits.
We found these in Bulgaria, of all places.
Not a hint of original finish left on the guns, all parts present, no major pitting.
Blank tubes and new-made barrels will be in stock when the kits come in.

If you would like to be added to the back-order list, simply send us an email, we will print the email, add to the BO file, and return email confirmation.sales@bowmanarms.com

The Polish AKs are not going to happen, the Czech company we were dealing with is not very honest.
They have our 1/2 down payment, all import-export docs are done, still no product.
After two years of waiting, we switched the order to VZ-59s [which they do have], same problems.
No one promised easy [or honest] in this business.

As for the MP-40s, these came from Bulgaria, not a hint of finish, not a matching number on the entire piece. We picked the best we could from a small lot of 50 guns, we were lucky to get 15 decent pieces in total.
I made a "junk" offer on the remaining MP-40s, they were not interested.
Some looked like they were found buried in the ground for the last 70 years.
All of the ones we chose have good furniture, no major pitting, most with early features.
I personally torch cut the MP-40 receivers, wheel cut the barrels.
Each piece cut one at a time, bagged, then boxed.
We have new made domestic barrels in stock, and dummy receiver tubes inbound.
Air freight should leave Wien next week.

There MAY be IH cut MB59 receiver, I may have seen one, I thought it was odd an American made receiver on an Italian weapon.
Seems to me there were a few Springfield made receivers, I simply did not have the time to pay attention.

SHIPMENT CLEARED US CUSTOMS YESTERDAY, should be here [in Florida] on Thursday, then delivered to warehouse, unloaded, unpack, sort, check, box, ready a week from today.

If you would like to be added to the [verbal] back-order list, simply email us at:sales@bowmanarms.com